a pier in Chinese

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Pillar: Relatively slender isolated vertical structural member such as a pier or (usually squat) column. It may be constructed of a single piece of stone or wood or Built up of units, such as Bricks.

一般用柱子或开了门洞的墙将前廊与中堂分隔开。在拜占庭教堂中,空间分为两部分:外前廊形成整个建筑的外部入口,与之相邻的内前廊则通向中堂。

The narthex is usually separated from the nave by columns or a pierced wall. In byzantine churches the space is divided into two parts: An exonarthex forms the outer entrance to the Building and Bounds the esonarthex, which opens onto the nave.

A picture suddenly appeared in his mind: A rifle bullet ricocheting off the cobbled street hits a servant standing beside a stone vat. The servant clutches his wound, utters a piercing cry, falls writhing to the ground and dies in a pool of blood.

几乎同时一个女人凄厉的尖叫声划破长空。

Almost at the same moment a piercing female cry arose in the air in a prolonged shriek.